Judges

	Ozant Kamaci ozant.com Born in 1973, Turkey. After thirteen years in different markets and regions, he has left corporate marketing to pursue his passion for photography. He has studied MA Communication Design with photography pathway at Central Saint Martins in UK. With his 'pause' series, he has won the AOP (Association of Photographers) Student Photographer of the Year Award. Ozant continues to build his portfolio of work through a tireless search and exploration of untapped expressions of photography as a medium and its connection to society as a whole. His work is represented by The Empty Quarter gallery in Dubai.
	Brian Kerrigan Brian Kerrigan is the photo editor and one of the members of the launch team for The National. In his 20 years in the profession he as worked as either a photographer or editor for The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, The Chronicle Herald, The Halifax Daily News, and The National Post - which he also helped launch, as well as freelancing for many other agencies and companies.
	Katarina Premfors katarinapremfors.com Katarina has been based in Dubai, UAE since 1992 and is a distinguished commercial and documentary photographer. Her love for photography stemmed from her various stays in Pakistan, Turkey and traveling the world which led to her assisting various advertising and architectural photographers.
	David Bell dbellphotography.co.uk David Bell is a teacher with a long standing passion for photography. Having been involved with Gulf Photo Plus in some respect since it's inception he has "developed" as a photographer whilst studying under and with some his photographic heroes. His own work has been quite diverse and he has worked for clients both here in Dubai and in the UK. He hails from Newcastle, England and despite the depressing state of his own football team remains upbeat and eager to pass on his knowledge to those desperate to get out of green mode and discover the range of opportunities digital cameras offer today's shooters.